On the 18th day of the fifth lunar month in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607). Two months after the Chinese company occupied Luzon, two "Spanish galleons" suddenly appeared outside Manila Harbor. In order to deal with the Muslim attacks in Mindanao in the south, they had just The warship Feihu, which was preparing to sail south, ran into two huge Karak-type ships. So the Feihu led 15 warships of the Chinese Navy's fifth warship fleet to immediately attack, surrounded and captured the two large ships. The sailing ship seized the silver dollars, silver ingots, cocoa beans, wool and other items produced in Latin America that were fully loaded on the ship. The Chinese company seized property worth nearly 2.5 million taels of silver out of thin air. Among them, there were nearly 2 million taels of white silver dollars and silver ingots.
You must know that during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty's Royal Taibao Bank received national tax revenue of about 3 million to 4 million taels of silver every year. This shows that the Zhonghua Company really grabbed a huge sum of money out of thin air. Yin Feng obtained it from Penghu I didn't hear about this until I returned to Taiwan. Everyone in the company was overjoyed when they heard the news. Not only had the military expenses for the expedition to Luzon Island and the expenses for conquest and rule been met, but the expenses for the Penghu battle had also been recouped. Zeng Qi and Li Dan used the funds to appease the natives and recruit Chinese immigrants on a large scale. Soon with the arrival of a large number of Chinese immigrants organized by the Chinese Company, the area near Manila was first rapidly Sinicized.
The 100 Spanish soldiers who came with the galleon were inexplicably captured. They also included Silva, the new Philippine colonial governor who came to Manila to take office. They set sail from Acapulco, Mexico, and sailed across the vast Pacific. It lasted five months. There was no radio or anything like that at this time. The Spaniards didn't know anything in the vast Pacific. There was no way to know. Then they ran directly into the Chinese company's fleet. These prisoners were a gift to their doorstep. This directly strengthened the Chinese company's bargaining chips with the Spanish Empire.
The Feihu, which captured the "Spanish galleon", continued south to Cebu and defeated the Muslim forces in one fell swoop. The coalition of Muslim emirates in Mindanao, which had 70 light boats and more than 4,000 soldiers, lost more than half of its troops. Mai Xiaoliu led the counterattack. In one fell swoop, they captured the Zamboanga Fort that the Spaniards had abandoned not long ago. They occupied an important strategic support point in the waist of the southern Muslim region. Historically, the Spaniards had been entangled with the Muslims since the beginning of their conquest of Luzon in order to conquer the "Moros" in the south. Endlessly. They fought for Zamboanga, Bisayan Island and other places. They fought endlessly for three hundred years. Until the Spanish colonial rule was overthrown by the Americans, they were still fighting against the Muslims in the south. The Americans took over the rule of the Philippines. It was the same. They still had to contend with the Muslims in the south. There were intermittent armed conflicts for a full century. In the time and space before Yin Feng traveled, until the 21st century, the fight for independence of the Muslims in the southern Philippines continued. The Philippine government army and the New People's Army , the war between the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front is endless.
When Yin Feng planned the counterattack on Luzon, he did not include the southern Muslim areas in the occupied area. First, the resources in the southern Philippines were extremely limited and not worth the effort to conquer. Second, Yin Feng did not want the rebellious southern Muslims to take over the area. The hatred for the Spaniards has been transferred to the Chinese. I don't want to fight a war with the Muslims for hundreds of years.
However, in view of the behavior of Muslims taking advantage of the fire and trying to make a profit, if the Chinese Company does not beat them and maim them all at once, there will be endless troubles in the future. Therefore, Li Dan strongly advocates using the main force of the Chinese Company to attack the southern Muslims. At this point, the coalition forces, the traditional Chinese bureaucrat Zeng Qi, the chief executive of the Luzon garrison, tended to keep things quiet due to his previous experience in dealing with the Li people in Yazhou. He even wanted to give up on Cebu. Thanks to Li Dan's Persistence. Zhao Tie, Mai Xiaoliu and others from the escort team also advocated measures of severe punishment first and then appeasement.
After the victory in Cebu and Zamboanga, the Chinese Company did not go deep into the Mindanao area. It only occupied the Zamboanga Fort stronghold and sent Quanzhou Hui businessmen as representatives to negotiate on Mindanao. The Chinese have one advantage over the Spaniards: most Chinese In essence, they are a realistic and inclusive nation. They are not as fanatical about religion as the Spaniards and Muslims. Therefore, there is no religious conflict between the Muslims in the southern Philippines and the Chinese, the new rulers of Luzon.
During the same period, the Nanyang Auxiliary Army led by Pan Hewu was disbanded. Most of them returned to Vietnam. Pan and Wu stayed in southern Luzon Island and continued to conquer the southern indigenous tribes. In order to pacify Luzon Island as soon as possible, Yin Feng also sent Luck to The main battleship Feilong, which came to kill criminals, was sent back to Manila; the construction of a new main battleship has begun at the Cavite Shipyard in Manila Bay. This will be the largest battleship that the Chinese company will soon own...
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On the 18th day of the seventh lunar month in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607), a Dutch fleet suddenly came to visit the port of Taiwan. The next day was the scheduled trial of Spanish murderers.
On this day, the Chinese Company withdrew its main battleship Feilong from Penghu. The official army also basically evacuated from Penghu on this day. Yin Feng has officially become a ninth-grade official of the imperial court, Taiwan Inspection Department inspection. He also has the title of Thousand Households The Taiwan Inspection Department and the Taiwan Thousand Household Office did not pay a penny from the government. It was all up to Yin Feng to set up this organization. He is planning how to squeeze some money from the Fujian government and then expand the army in a legitimate manner; recently He was a bit tight on money. Since the beginning of the year, there have been constant wars. Military expenditures have been too large. And this is the season for overseas shipments. The wasted money will not be recovered until the second half of the year. When he was worried, he heard that the Dutch The arrival of the fleet. I couldn't help but slap the table: "Someone has sent money."
The previous year, the Dutch envoy C.M. de Jonge came to Siam with a letter from the Prince of Orange to the Emperor Wanli. He asked the King of Siam to contact him and directly trade with China. But there was no result. At the beginning of this year, 1607 .Da Juge and the new naval commander of the Dutch East India Company, Admiral C.Matelieff, commanded a fleet of eight ships to come to the coast of China to look for opportunities to directly contact the Chinese emperor. In addition to the capital ships, the fleet In addition to the Orange, there are also the Mauricio, Era**o, Eunice, Delf, PequenoSol and a small boat. A total of 551 people in the entire fleet came to China. The first thing they did was to take the Macau which was occupied by Macau the year before. Opportunity for the Chinese Company to defeat and occupy. The Portuguese attacked Macau again.
After the Battle of Luzon, most of the Dutch military instructors recruited by the Dutch East India Company had returned home with large sums of money. Only a few Dutch mercenaries still served as officers in the Chinese Company's escorts. Earlier, Yin Feng and They signed a three-year agreement. After defeating the Spanish and occupying Luzon, the agreement almost expired. Therefore, there are not many Dutch working in the Chinese Company now. Even if there are, most of them are in the Chinese Company's army in Luzon. .
Li Lihua flashed her beautiful big eyes and continued: "We, the China Company, are composed of civilized Chinese people. Even if we have to repay our blood debts, we must do it so that people all over the world can be convinced. Therefore, on behalf of the China Company, I sincerely invite You guys are going to attend the big trial tomorrow."
Da Yugai and Admiral Metliff looked at each other. They had the same idea; the Dutch East India Company's policy towards its largest customer and largest supplier in the Far East has not changed. It is still based on cooperation. Mainly. Originally, the Dutch wanted to make a sneak attack on Taiwan just to fish in troubled waters and want to make a profit. Since there was no chance of a sneak attack, it would be good to do some business. Therefore, the two immediately agreed.
Da Juge was born into a large Dutch businessman family. His family's wealth allowed him to travel to Europe to study since he was a child. He also read books about China such as "Great China Chronicles" that were popular in Europe at the time. In his understanding, the Chinese people did not believe in God. The trial was nothing more than severe punishment, torture with whips and sticks to extract confessions. These are the recent Chinese news reported by Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries. He studied it carefully before coming to China. Therefore, he and the admiral just Only in order not to offend the Chinese did they agree to observe the trial.
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